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Established 1844. ' THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Telephone No. 10. Entered as second-iiass matter at ^ post office id Aoheville, S. C. j 1 I - H I Tern* of Subscription: < One Year . $2.00, t Six months ^ $1.00,1 Three months .50 j ' T" MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1920 ] ONLY 97 DAYS MORE! i i ' | Admiral Benson's Charleston re- | ! ply to the shocking Shipping Board I a revelations made by Mr. Fisher and i j Mr. Richardson after a year's careful 1 investigation, assures his "fellow-. 1 countrymen" that they may depend < , upon it that no wrong-doer connected s ' * with the Board "will escape punish- < j ment if his wrong-doing is called to t | my (the Admiral's) attention." i That Fisher-Jlichardson report a- < lone would seem to supply sufficient * material to engage the attention not 1 only of the Admiral, but of the crimi- 1 nal courts for many a' long day to ! come. And it was this report, it will j i be remembered, which Admiral Ben: son's own assistant, Commander Abner B. Clements, characterized on the witness-stand as true in all essential particulars. j But the matters for the Admiral's ;v> attention do not stop there. With 15 every day's session of the Walsh Com-;'t ymittee the Shipping Board has gotj'T deeper and deeper in the mire. If ,t there were any lingering doubts of' the widespread corruption which ap-' '< pears to have accompanied the whole ? miserable Shipping Board mess, those i < doubts must have been dispelled by > the evidence of witness after witness j 1 who has since testified. j * Two acres of material, and machin-1 < ery of $2,000,000 value, left rusting 1 and rotting on the ground at Savan- J( nah. 1 Hundreds of thousands of dollars 1 of Shipping Board- (that is, of Am- * erican taxpayers') money lent to an, insolvent firm of sub-contractors. | 1 A "present" to a Shipping Board j inspector of five shares of stock in a' corporation with which the Shipping1^ Board was making contracts. *' A bill of over $600,000 paid wtice.!. A concern drawing pay for the j ^ work of fifty-eight men when its en-; tire personnel, including bookkeepers,' | clerks, typewriters and office boys, j was only fifty-two all told. An inspector discharged for send-j * ~ U7Uifo Uaiico comnlp Qnpo.i* l liig w I?c I mens of defective rivets, his com-! I plaints to subordinate quarters having : been ignored. j Fresh water brought from Norfolk j at a cost to the contractor of 90 cents ] * a ton, sold to the Shipping Board at^ a price of $25 a ton. Forces of men sent to do a one-j^ day job overlooked for more than a I week and left to while away the time J for which they were drawing: full pay | by "shooting craps" and other $imi- j larly productive occupations. A Division Shipping Board agent I % accumulating a bank account of over J $140,000 during an interval in which he was paid a salary of $13,000. When an inspector discovered that; a United States official was interested j to the extent of $10,000 in a concern | that was getting an inordinate amount j of Shipping Board business, he was warned that he had better keep si-! lent, as the official in question was the "closest man" in the State to the * i-resiaent. i*eiecuve steering aevices ; were installed on vessels, 'with a re- i sultant loss for repairs of 850,000 on one vessel alone. Through column after column of , the daily newspapers has been spread this appalling exhibit of imbecile incompetence, criminal indifference, and unbelievable corruption. The Fisher-Richardson revelations alone were enough to make the people of the country heartsick. Convicts in-, volved in million dollar contracts, ho-1 . I tel detectives drawing salaries as "sailors," ship supplies thrown over-! board to make room for fresh supplies! with a 'rakeoff" for the steward, [ ' vessels in transit limping into ports, j after rattling off their defective pro-! . . .r . i peller blades; $1.50 each for grape- j fruit knives, and strawberries at 60 J cents a quart supplied to forecastle crews: these things were the mere fringe, the ornate bordering, of wholesale robberies by collusive con< tracts, double prices, padded pay-jj * 1 ji. ii,y -.ills, skilled mechanic's wages charg- ^ ;d for day labor?the whole gamut of % swiJtfWing, in a word. It was all this, \ irid ~an intricate maze of other vil- * ainies, which this first report expos- N - ?..M1A4!AM0 ;d. And since tnen, i<ne icvciauuus iave been going on from day to day, ;ach; one worse than the other. Surely this has been "brought to :he attention* of Admiral Benson. It 1 las, at all events, been brought to r ;he attention of all the people in the a country, and their demand will be o ,hat every wretched swindler and s ;hief involved be laid by the heels, fc Admiral Benson's plea that in such l, :ast transactions as those involved, d 4it would be humanly impossible to f prevent wrong-doing or to do busi- t less without suffering financial loss g from time to time,' is a platitudinous 1 generalization in the face of such a b vholesale debauch of corruption that a f, to the last degree irriating. No- p Dody doubts for an instant the ster- s ing inte^ity of Admiral Benson. No >ne dotft>tsrhis instinctive hatred for such crookedness as has been reveal;d. But all must regret his apparent ;one of deprecatory palliation toward j mismanagement so gross and a prov_n o ;n corrupuon so au-pei vaumg - s Government organization of which a le is the titular head.?Harvey's t iVeekly. 5AYLIGHT ROBBERY OF PASTOR'S HOME . I1 Greenville, Nov. 28.?Police to- ( light are looking for the party or (J jarties who in broad daylight today f valked into the home of Dr. T. W. j ti Sloan, pastor of the First Presby- n ;erian church, and stole over $500, s vorth of clothing and other aricles. Dr. and Mrs. Sloan were visiting it the time and the thieves effected mtrance by using a key hidden un- ^ ler a mat at the front door. They vere seen ' leaving the house with 'our suit cases but nothing was %ught of it until the robbery was liscovered by the minister and his wife. The pastor's home is located jnly two blocks from the heart of ;he business section and just across j " i street from the city's largest ho-j ;el. * F ANOTHER STORM WARNING B ; J I Washington, Nov. 28.?The weath- v ?r bureau issued the following storm * warning tonight: |F "Continued northwest storm warn- t ng 10 p. m. Wilmington, N. C. to Boston, Mass. Northwest and north rale and rain. Storm center over the )cean northwest of Bermuda moving apidly eastward.' / fc MR. GARRISON SICK. C " i: Mr. Ab Garrison, of the Seaboard v \ir Line, is sick at his apartments at ;he residence of Mrs. Minshall. He t iuffered an attack of acute indiges- n ion some days ago, but is recovering I 'rom the attack. g npcp / The R< jjj ^ o r- t ?D r Bobbie Broilli Manuel Yingli Prices:? r v... icu. > NEWS OF CITY SCHOOLS V \ .vvvvvvvvyv School Entertainment Tuesday The second performance of the thanksgiving Carnival with several tew numbers win De given iuesuay ftemoon in the Opera House at four 'clock by the pupils of the graded chool. The prices of admission have een reduced to 25c and 10c for this ast performance. There are some lozen different acts and the little oiks did credit to themselves and eachers at the first entertainment ;iven in the graded school last week, 'he entertainment is being repeated iy special request of those unable to ttend the carnival last week. The roceeds go to swell the window hade fund. Mi>a Radcliffe Out. Miss 'Annie Radcliffe, teacher of ^atin in the High School is still un ble to be present on account of the erious illness of her grandmother nd aunt. The superintendent is on he lockout for an efficient substitute. Return From Spartanburg. Supt. J. D. Fulp, Principals J. M. )aniel and May L. Robertson and! lisses Wilhelmina Riley, Rebecca | ones and Esther Todd have returned j rom Spartanburg where they at-j ended the Forty-seventh Annual | meeting of the State Teachers' As-.' ociation. County Teacher* To Meet. Pres. J. D. Fulp of the Abbeville bounty Teachers Association has is- i ued a call for a meeting of the as- j ociation to be held in the County! )ourt House Saturday morning at 1 o'clock. A full attendance of all! he teachers of the county is desired j s important plans for the future: neetings during the session are to be j ormulated at this meeting. t The officers of the^sociation are: (resident, J. D. Fulp; vice president,! diss Frances Wideman: treasurer, I rliss Allie Evans. Miss Annie Gantt, j t-ho was elected secretary, having left j he county, the president has ap-| lointed Miss Mittie Cathcart, of Anreville as secretary. MRS. PATRICK IN ABBEVILLE Mrs. Carrie McCully Patrick, of Lnderson, spent the weeK-ena in ad-i ieville the guest of Mrs. Frank B. iJary., Mrs. Patrick has many friends n this city who are always glad to welcome her here. In Anderson Mrs. Patrick is about > he most important person you will leet. She is Society Editor for the >aily Mail, and interested in every ood work in that city. i UAT TC v nvjUk >yal Sc( . I 1EILAND LAD er. Famous Scotch T ing, Trombone Soloii Children 55c HOPE FOR PEACE in SHARED BY ALL bi ci Primate of Ireland Writes Pastoral Letter?Cardinal Denounces ai Methods o^ Government, is U Dublin, Nov. 28.?Cardinal Logue, the primate of Ireland, in a pastoral d letter read today in all the churches of the Irish diocese, denounces the a murders in Ireland and declares that p o Kolonco ruoro cfmiplr Viotwoon n last Sunday's assassinations of of- h ficers and the shooting by the police o 1 What n I We are prcsentii | All Suit revised to very i wtih our reputat ing is the guarai Schloss Bros. & If you want earr lonw wear and r ance, this is you | Par IE FRIDAY g )tch Hig V-"' ' ' " ' \ ,. ! 'j * j 1 ] / ' * : . ;v ' L 0. - ^ T|| DIES IN NATF enor Jimmie How. t M St i urnci ncan Adults $1 i Croke park, he believes it "should B e given against the forces of the pj :own." t tc The cardinal's letter scathingly st rraigns the methods the government d< i pursuing but warns the people w against any association, secret or te pen, wn:cn would lead tnem into any w isorders or crime." C( The cardinal in a letter says the 11 rdent hopes of the ^rish people for S1 eace are shared by European and ei ther countries. In support of this e cries a letter from the Archbishop f Malines and all the bishops in T. wmmmmmmmm lore could a wmnmmtm ?% W*j&' / j^^HK '..The House of Kuppenheimer ig the best Clothes made nnRRi'hlp nrirek. / / f V. ts and Ove nuch lower price levels* ion for integrity, and be! itee of such makers as K Co. and the Styleplus pe lest, sincere Clothes?tri eal sensible investment ir r opportunity. ker & Ret 5ECEMI hlander; V \ J./ ?* V % * H ' :? :< && * ' ' ; : / ' . ; * " > % ' /E COSTUME= ard, the Wizard of th ng, Cornet Soloist, an 1 * ~ v I. IU 1> elgium conveying their cordial symithy to the Irish people. The pas>ral proceeds to condemn in the rongest terms Sunday's tragedy and eclaring belief that every man and T 1 J J 1 J J J - Oman in ireiana aepiorea ana agisted "these cold- blooded murders" hich the cardinal says 'no object * ould excuse and no motive justify." nd adding: "The perpetrators of jch crimes are not real patriots but nemies of their country." 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